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Medical Xpress - Sep 15, 2017 Further investigation showed that these bacteria metabolize the drug, making it ineffective. The researchers were able to find the bacterial gene responsible for this, a gene called cytidine deaminase (CDD). They demonstrated that CDD comes in two ...

New Atlas - Sep 19, 2017 The team discovered that a class of bacteria called Gammaproteobacteria could metabolize the chemotherapy drug, rendering it ineffective. More research revealed that a only very specific form of the bacteria, one holding a long isoform of a certain ...

Medical Xpress - Sep 18, 2017 Researchers used gene transfer to block the expression of one of the two main enzymes that break down alcohol in the liver, leading to the accumulation in liver cells of acetaldehyde, a metabolic byproduct of ethanol. The inability to metabolize ...